划 (huá)
to row/to paddle/profitable (worth it)
How 划 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 戈 — spear
- Traditional
- 划
- Simplified
- 划 (unchanged)
Components
- 戈 spear
- 刂 knife
划 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- huá
- to row; to paddle; to scratch a surface; profitable
- huà
- to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to differentiate
Common words using 划
- 規劃 guīhuà
- to plan (how to do sth); planning; plan
- 計劃 jìhuà
- plan; project; program
- 企劃 qǐhuà
- to plan; to lay out; to design
- 出謀劃策 chūmóuhuàcè
- to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory); to give advice (idiom)
- 划破 huápò
- to cut open
- 划算 huásuàn
- to calculate; to weigh (pros and cons); to view as profitable
- 划船 huáchuán
- to row a boat; rowing boat; rowing (sport)
- 划過 huáguò
- to streak
- 劃傷 huáshāng
- to damage by scratching
- 劃分 huàfēn
- to divide
- 比劃 bǐhuà
- to gesture; to use sign language; to gesticulate
- 策劃 cèhuà
- to plot; to scheme; to bring about
划 in a sentence
我們週末要去碧潭划船。
Wǒmen zhōumò yào qù Bìtán huáchuán.
“We are going to Bitan to row a boat this weekend.”
How common is 划?
划 is the 522nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 76.7% of all running text.
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